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zeropointbug · 12:34 AM

Nice! Yeah even my big neon transformers have a hard time surviving the high energy kick-back; that is why I have a couple of 40awg 500turn chokes with varnish, wound on plastic pipe, along with a couple 40Kv 0.0002uF caps before the chockes to take care of my transformers, they just don't seem to last... basically getting kicked in the balls.

My coil is in pieces right now too, making everything out of acrylic as well! Going to be beautiful! Acrylic lower level table, with acrylic upper table which the primary sits on, and the coil sits on acrylic legs on edge, along with ANOTHER acrylic table ontop of the coil, protecting it from the arcs from coming down a hitting it. Also has a ground loop around the perimeter.

These are pics of my coil sitting on it's lonesome. 24awg, 975 turns

EDIT: And yes! You need a heavy ground cable! I use 4awg welding cable and it still is warm after 5 mins of running.

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zeropointbug Z-Pinch racer Offline Posts: 3,141 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SK, Canada	07.11.2009, 12:32 AM Nice! Yeah even my big neon transformers have a hard time surviving the high energy kick-back; that is why I have a couple of 40awg 500turn chokes with varnish, wound on plastic pipe, along with a couple 40Kv 0.0002uF caps before the chockes to take care of my transformers, they just don't seem to last... basically getting kicked in the balls. My coil is in pieces right now too, making everything out of acrylic as well! Going to be beautiful! Acrylic lower level table, with acrylic upper table which the primary sits on, and the coil sits on acrylic legs on edge, along with ANOTHER acrylic table ontop of the coil, protecting it from the arcs from coming down a hitting it. Also has a ground loop around the perimeter. These are pics of my coil sitting on it's lonesome. 24awg, 975 turns EDIT: And yes! You need a heavy ground cable! I use 4awg welding cable and it still is warm after 5 mins of running. Attached Thumbnails “The modern astrophysical concept that ascribes the sun’s energy to thermonuclear reactions deep in the solar interior is contradicted by nearly every observable aspect of the sun.” —Ralph E. Juergens Last edited by zeropointbug; 07.11.2009 at 12:34 AM.